Attorney Philip Leslie Franckel's Legal Cases

Motorcycle accident

$25,000 settlement-our client went through a stop sign on his motorcycle

Jul 20, 2018

OUTCOME: $25,000 settlement

This is another case where other attorneys declined to represent our client. Our client admitted he went through a stop sign, a witness saw him go through a stop sign and the police report indicated th ... at he went through a stop sign. We took the case and we were able to argue that the driver of the car was partially at fault and we settled the case for the car's entire $25,000 insurance policy. File #11630

Personal injury

$100,000 settlement-our client went through a red light on his bicycle

Feb 14, 2017

OUTCOME: $100,000 settlement

Our client went through a red light on his bicycle according to the driver of the car, a witness and the police report. Other lawyers declined to take his case. He had a facial fracture and needed a de ... ntal implant. Two years later, I received a call from the office manager at his dentist who was a former client of mine. She called me because no-fault wasn't paying the dentist for a dental implant needed because of the accident and the dentist wasn't going to finish the work unless you get paid. I got no-fault to pay the dentist within a few weeks so our client could get his implant finished. Within another few weeks, I got GEICO to pay the car's entire $100,000 insurance policy. File #11618

Car accident

$750,000 lumbar surgery - car accident

Feb 02, 2017

OUTCOME: $750,000 settlement

This case was settled for $750,000. Our client injured her back in a car accident. She had been seeing an orthopedic surgeon for 10 years prior to the car accident. Her last visit to the orthopedic sur ... geon was two months before the car accident. The car accident worsened her condition and she underwent surgery a little more than one year after the car accident. File #11472

Motorcycle accident

$465,00 Trial Verdict-Meniscus tear arthroscopic surgery (Knee) (motorcycle accident)

Oct 21, 2015

OUTCOME: $465,00

Nassau County trial verdict for client who was struck by a car turning left and had a torn meniscus with arthroscopic surgery. GEICO's offer was $10,000 and much later $20,000. GEICO used 3 defense d ... octors! This great verdict was possible due to the team work of my partners Rob Plevy, Joe Bavaro and myself..

Personal injury

$1,000,000 Cervical Diskectomy prior injury - Settlement - Accident in warehouse store

Feb 09, 2015

OUTCOME: $1,000,000

$1,000,000 settlement for entire insurance policy. Our client fell and injured her neck requiring surgery when she was hit in the leg by a fork lift at a fruit store. This was a great settlement b ... ecause our client had both a previous accident with neck surgery and a subsequent accident also involving her neck. She had a previous Cervical Diskectomy 12 years earlier. She also had a car accident two months after this accident, where she struck her head. The car accident was two months before the neck surgery for this accident.

Motorcycle accident

$100,000 Ligament Tear on Thumb - Arbitration Decision

Sep 30, 2014

OUTCOME: $100,000

The insurance company offer was $5,000. The arbitration award was $100,000. A motorcyclist was forced to put his motorcycle down when a car cut him off. There was no contact with the car. He tore 2 ... ligaments in his thumb and did not have surgery.

Motorcycle accident

$225,000 Forearm Fracture

Apr 06, 2014

OUTCOME: $225,000

Motorcyclist struck by car making a left turn suffered a right radius and ulna fracture of his forearm. Settled for $225,000.

Motorcycle accident

$25,0000 Broken 5th Toe

Jul 01, 2013

OUTCOME: $25,0000

A motorcyclist was hit by a car making a left turn and he broke his 5th toe. He did not go to the hospital and had one visit to the doctor. The case was settled at mediation with a Supreme Court Judg ... e for $25,0000.

Car accident

$100,000 Torn Meniscus

Mar 08, 2013

OUTCOME: $100,000

Female sustained a torn meniscus in a car accident. I settled her personal injury claim for the entire insurance policy of $25,000 and submitted the underinsured coverage with State Farm to arbitratio ... n. State Farm offered $20,000 but I wanted the remaining balance of the policy which was $75,000. The arbitration award was for the entire balance of the underinsured policy plus return of the arbitration cost. #1468

Car accident

$75,000 Broken nose

Nov 30, 2012

OUTCOME: $75,000

Auto accident 25 yo female broke her nose in a car accident. I got No Fault to pay her plastic surgeon for the surgery and settled her personal injury claim for the entire insurance policy of $25,000 a ... nd another $50,000 from her underinsured coverage. #1490

Philip Leslie Franckel's Legal Cases (21)

$25,000 settlement-our client went through a stop sign on his motorcycle

$100,000 settlement-our client went through a red light on his bicycle

$750,000 lumbar surgery - car accident

$465,00 Trial Verdict-Meniscus tear arthroscopic surgery (Knee) (motorcycle accident)

$1,000,000 Cervical Diskectomy prior injury - Settlement - Accident in warehouse store

$100,000 Ligament Tear on Thumb - Arbitration Decision

$225,000 Forearm Fracture

$25,0000 Broken 5th Toe

$100,000 Torn Meniscus

$75,000 Broken nose